Child&#39;s garment



E. E. SHILTON G CHILDS GARMENT Aug. 25, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed May 22, 1951 25, 1953 E. E. SHILTONG 2,649,589

CHILD'S GARMENT Filed May 22, 1951 2 Sheetg-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 25, 1953 onnlns GARMENT Ellen E. Shiltong, New York, N. Y., assignor to Annelle Manufacturing (10., Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application May 22, 1951, Serial No. 227,659 (on. 2-75) 7 Claims. 1

The object of this invention is to provide a childs garment and method of making the same, which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, attractive in appearance, and which has many advantages in use.

The garment is primarily designed as a childs dress which may be used as a play dress or as a party dress.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is an elevation of a child wearing a dress made in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the garment of Figure 1;

Figure 3 .is a plan view of a modification; and

Figure 4 is a partial one-half plan view of another modification, which also illustrates an advantage of the garment in folding.

The same reference numerals refer to similar parts in all the figures.

In accordance with my invention, the dress is made from. a single piece of fabric, without seams, as is indicated in Figures 2, 3 and 4. Referring to Figure 2, the fabric l is simply cut in a circle and hemmed, bound, faced, or otherwise trimmed, around the outside of the circle, which outside will be the bottom of, the dress in use. An opening 2 is cut for the head and two openings 3 for the arms. These openings are also hemmed or otherwise finished. A piece of tape is sewed in position around the waistline to form a casing, as indicated by the reference numeral 4, so that a ribbon or other drawstring 5 may be carried through the casing to emerge at openings 13, in orderto draw in th fullness to the size of the childs waist measure when the ribbons or other drawstrings are drawn together and tied in a bow as shown in Figure 1. The openings l3 may of course be made and finished in any suitable manner. If it is desired to reduce the fullness of the skirt, fasteners such as snap fasteners 6 maybe used to snap the two sides of the dress together after it is put on, or other suitable means may be used for this purpose.

Instead of the casing 4 sewed to the under side, beading or tape may be sewed to the upper surface through which the ribbons or drawstrings 5 may be passed. Where beading is used the ribbon may be passed in and out to obtain a desired decorative effect; or opening may be made in the fabric itself for the passage of the ribbons in and out. Of course any other suitable means may be used to accomplish the same purpose.

I have indicated the use of two ribbons 5 in Figure 2 sewn, respectively, at the sides at points 1 and 8. Of course, only a, single ribbon could be used but in this case the ends, when drawn together, will be longer than would ordinarily be desired for tying abow. However, various arrangements of casings, beadings, and ribbons may be used. 1

' The garment may of course have provision for fastening the opening 2 at the neck which may take any suitableform; If: binding is used at the neck it may be extended to provide tie strings.

'Ihe modification indicated in Figure 3 uses three ribbons which may be-sewed at the points 9, l0 and II, and when drawn together infuse may be tied to form two bows in the front, one on each side, and one bow in the center at the rear.

In Figure 4 I have illustrated the sameigarment shown in Figure 3 except that the snap fasteners 6- have been omitted and thegarment is shown folded once to illustrate the advantag of thegarment in packing. I

Although I have illustrated and described my garment as being made from a singlepiece O fabric with' no seams, it is of: course possible to use panels of fabric sewed together; iffdesired, while retaining some of the .advanta-ges'of my construction. Since fabrics ordinarily do not come wider than approximately thirtyenine inches, it is necessaryto use more than onepiece to produce'a garment fora larger girl than can be made from a single piece of fabric. A garment made from a single piece of fabric thirtynine'lnches. wide will be large enough to fit a girl up to approximately five years, although it may be made larger'by sewing a ruffle, flounce, or lace (orlsimply an additional piece of fabric) to the bottom. I

It vwill be obvious that my garment has the advantage of greatsimplicity andeconomy in" manufacturesince noseams, buttons, or button holes are required and only very simple cutting operations and. simple stitching are necessary. It also has other advantages which are important;

Another great advantage is that it is very at-' tractiveiwhen worn, and at. the .same time very serviceable. It has the attractive appearance of a dress which is shirred, gathered or pleated very quickly-and easily with no buttons'to'manipand with openings for the arms disposed at opposite sides of the head opening, means disposed between the arm openings and the periphery of the garment for gathering the waist, and fastening means for taking in extra fullness in the skirt.

INA-child'stgarment-adapted-to extend from a'the' shoul'ders" oflthe wearer to belowthe abdomen, said garment being cut circular from a 10 single piece of fabric so that it will lie flat when it may be folded flat like an handkerchief and stored in a very small space .without wrinkling,

or packed in a small space;for .-travelin;vvith1a minimum of wrinkling when unpacked. ZThus,-

in traveling, at large number of garments maybe taken along as the space requirements "p'rgarment are very small.

In Figure 2 I have indicated a radius line. in .-back. LI have. 'disc gvered 1 that the length of the distance 12 from Zthe;center f the:gar-

line 1 2 from the center of the garment to the ribbon ment -to .the :ribbon line in back-and tl r1e corre v spending dimensiomfrom ithercenter of, heggar ff ment to t the ribbo'nline in .front, shoul be approximately one inch less than a true circle :and :should he, ;approximatelyr long for 3a fabric thirty-six-inches wide ;b efore hemming. The distance, -.however, from the center: of the .f-abric -to -the ribbon 1 line ,under the armpits should be aproxirnately seveninches. Unless the ribbon :line is :made this variation fromgza true -eircle,;ihaye,found that there is a ;;tendency--for the front-f the dress :to bunch ilDfiIlfflQIlb- MJOVG the ribbon. While I have described certain modifications: of my invention}; it will gobvipus to those skilled the:a'rt that other variations are possible-and I :do not :desire :to be, :restricted to the specific demilsjshewn'i. =2 L c? :7; c' What is claimed is: v;1..A1c: hi1d;s :garmentviadapted to "extend ifrom the-r/shoulder s'hofthe wearer to .below the ;-.a:bdomen; said: garment being cut -.circnlar; so- :that it "will ';lie flatjwhen Pollen, :said "I garment? being provided. gwithn'an opening; at the' center for the head 'andywith openings; for thesiarmsrdis posed-at i opposite-'sides jof :the 1 head opening, and means :dispesed between :the: sarmiopeningsiand the peripher v, of the garment for :-gathering the waist. t e 2. childfs garment aa'dapted tOtBXtBIld ,from the shouldersrof theg-wearer. z to ".bIQW'EtIjIfihbdO- menv said garment-being .0111, 'bcircular so" that fit willt'lieiflat when 1 cpen,' said .garmentgbeing provided" with 'an opening; at the reenter for the head and with openings for the arfirszdispose'd at opposite s'i'desiof thehead opernngxand'r'mea'ns partially encircling. Ithe garment disposed "beopen, said garment being provided with an opening' at' lhe center for the head and with openings disposed at opposite sides of the head openf..in ff or the arms, and means disposed between the a rmopenings -;and the periphery of the garment for gathering the waist.

V *5. -='A*cli1ld-s garment adapted to extend from -the shouldem of the wearer to below the abdomen, said garment being cut circular from a singlepiece of fabric so that it willlie flat when open, saidgarmentbeing provided with an opening at the center "fprthe "head' and with eenings 'tjopposite sidesb'fthe'headppening'ffiythe arms," and ribbons partially "encircling the gar ment between the arm openings and the periphery or thega'rm'entfor'igathering the waistline in use.

6. A childs garment adapted to "'extendfrom the shoulders of the wearer 'to below theabdomen, said garment be ing cut circular from a singlefpie'ce of fabric sot'hatfit'will liefiat when open; saidgarmjent'being provided with an'open ing at the center forthe head and with openings atppposite s'i'des ofthe head openingfor the arms, means disposed between the arm openings=- the ?shoulders; jof the wearer to below" the-*abdo'rnen, said garment-'c omprising acii'cjilar piece of fa'bric whTh,;Wl ;11"llfl fiat'whgn' open, said garment" being provided with anv opening at the center for't'hehead "and bpenings at opposite tweenrthe arm-openings andthetperiphery fo'f the willPlieaflatwheir open, said garment being provided -with ;an opening at -.the center for the head from sidesof the center opening for the arms, means disposed between the arm openings and the pe: ripheryof thejgarment for gathering the waist; said'waist gathering means 'being closer to the center'of 'the fabric "at the 'front and -back than Sid 7 H-r 1: L y, ,"A x

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